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acutum nonnuuquam vere cuspidatum, costa autem vix excurrente, 

 sensim angustata, 18 cm. vel plus longitudinis, 4*2 om. latitudinis 

 attingentia, petiolo vix 5 mm. longo hirsutissimo rufescente suffulta, 

 versus basin quasi tricostata, nervis lateralibus ad decem paria, 

 angulo satis acuto a costa exorientibus, leniter arcuatis in pagina 

 superiore leviter impressis laxe hirsutis in inferiore densius pilosis, 

 versus basin prominentibus at superne prope evanidis, nervis 

 transversis e primariis squarrose exorieutibus varie curvatis non- 

 nunquam ramin'catis 2-3 mm. inter se remotis in pagina superiore 

 venis lepide reticulatis sub oculo armato evidentibus connexis in 

 inferiore propter tomentum omnino occultis, margine plus minus ve 

 at semper minute saepius irregulariter aliquando obscurissime 

 denticulata, denticulis haud rariter pilorum quasi crista ornatis, 

 subtus tomento aequo mollissimo dense coacto primum argenteo 

 demum rufescente rnunita, supra pilis rarioribus subpellucidis 

 singulis rarius bifurcatis at nunquam stellatis conspersa. 

 Inftorescentia axillaris, polygamo-rnonoecia, e fasciculis duobus vel 

 pluribus prope sessilibus, bracteolis singulis hirsutis inconspicuis 

 instructis, constituta ; bractea circiter 4-6 mm. longa, ad basin 

 deltoideam 1*5 mm. lata, superne in meram. setam abeuns, valde 

 pilosa ; pedicelli 2-5 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo-linearia, circiter 

 6 mm. longa, versus basin circiter 1*5 mm. lata, marginibus alte 

 involuta, superne usque ad apicem cucullatum et obscure mucro- 

 natum pedetentim angustata, interne aurantiaco-brunuea, externe 

 tomento robusto fulvo nitido hirsuta. Petala floris cf circiter 

 1*5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, parum iucrassata, dorso pilis fulvis 

 hirsuta, nectario mellis colore oculo pallidiore pilorum similium 

 annulo circumdato infra unguem 0*5 mm. attingente, ungui 

 flavesceute vix 0'5 mm. longo 1 mm. lato apice praemorso. 

 Androgynophorii columna circa 1 mm. longa, 0*5 mm. diametro, plus 

 minusve compressa, subpurpurascens ; clavulus ovarium includens, 

 iisdem pilis fulvis dense indutus ; stamina circa 20 vel pauciora, 

 filanaentis circiter 2 mm. longis. Drapa ex quattuor pyrenis plus 

 minus per paria accretis, constans, depressa, subquadrata, pilis 

 longiusculis albidis 2-5 in tuberculis badii coloris juuctim insidenti- 

 bus instructa, juventute fusca, maturior subflava, glabrescens. 

 Drummond et, Craib apud Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 21. 



Burma, Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace, 3223. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Ken', 677. 



To this species probably belongs a plant collected in Laos by 

 Spire (No. 547), but the material of the collection in Herb. Kew is 

 too insufficient for a definite decision. 



Grewia Microcos, Linn. F.B.I., i. p. 392 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. 

 p. 157. 



Chiengmai plain, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 613. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. 



Allied to G. Microcos is a specimen collected by Luang Vaupruk 

 (No. 170) which may probably be G. ulmifolia, Roxb. The collec- 

 tions recently received from Dr. Kerr from Sriracha contain a plant 

 (No. 2085) which is the fndo-Chinese form (or representative) of 

 this species, and which may eventually have to be described as a 

 distinct species. 



